Improvement in clothes-pins



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i einen /iana gatntt @fine GEORGE BRADLEY AND NELSON- A. WALKER., OE ROCKFORD; 1LLIN01S.-

Lettere .Patent No. 109,580, dated November 29, 18470.; ante-dated November I14, 1870` y IMPROVEMENT IN CLQTHES-PINS.'

The fShedule referred to in thse Letters Patent and making part of the same.

'To all whom 'it may concer-n:

"Be it known' that we, GEORGE BRADLEY and NELSON. A. WALKER; of 'Iockford, in the vcounty of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have 1inrented a new angl -useful Improvement in Clothes-Piu; and we ldo hereby declare that the following is a full and exact desoription of the same; reference being had to the aejeompanying drawing-and 'toV the letters of reference marked thereon. v' This invention relates to wooden elothespins,and

Vconsists ofa pin formed of one pieee of wood,-the oentral part of which l's so slotted' out asi to leavev 'the sides or legs thinner above or near -the Amiddle of .the

pin than thoseparts lwhich gripe inimediatelTepon l`the line.

^ The iign're's iu the drawing represent a plan view oi' the pin A'.

It-is cnt froni a single piece of wood, the legsa a. being beveled or rounded', as usual, Aat their extremities, 'and provided; with the 'notches hb.'

The upper part of the slot ont wider, as shown at e, leaving al smooth open slot, and the legs thinner atthat point.

".lhe outer form is not essei1tial,tlioiigh vobviously the plain exterior shown in the ligure ishest and most easily made.

lt will be observed that no part ofthe slotted inte- "rior of our improved pin is sawed, but. isnll ent with a smoothsnrlaee. I

Hitherto the' interior of' this elass of clothes-pins has been either sawed ont, leaving` onlya straight narrow slot, with rough interior surfaces, liable to retain moisture and thus warp the pin, and atlthe same time leaving the legs thick and inelastic or it has been necessary to form them of two parts, separately` eut,

and snbsequentfy 4pinned orv otherwise fastened ltogether.-

The latter method, of makingpinsfobviouslyinc .reases the expense, which, however triing in a sin'gle Y pin, makes a very large aggregateilrtlie manufacture of 4great numbers. This-pin we are able toont in the manner described from properly prepared' material by means ot'implrovel maohineryf.

Our improved pin, then,. while provided with the usnaljaws for. gripingj-andliolding the cloth upon the 'line',.at the .sameftnie has; a smooth wide opening,

permitting free eronlation'iof the Aail-, thus 'preventing .warping.and'twisting, andat the same tiine the sides are thinner and more. elastic.

The pin being'cnt out of'` one piece is made at the minimum cost, with the .specific advantages i`-eon sti-notion. f fe do not ela'hn awooden clothes-pilrharing the central enlarged slot when formed of two pieces; nor

do we claim a pinformed of onepiece with a straightsawed kert' or slot; but having thus fully described our invention',. I

What we claim as an ixnprovedartiele of in anufae-4 ture, and desire to seeure `by Letters Patent of the `United States, is- Y A clothes-pin ent from a singlepieee of wood, with a central enlarged slot, as lset forth.

This specification signed and.wit-nesfnad' this 26th day oi Apljl, 1870. A GEORGE BRADLEY.

NELSON A.` WA LKE'R.

. Witnesses:

G. NV. FORD, H. E. HINCKLEY. 

